“The Linux Foundation is prepared to defend any Linux user
charged with violating Microsoft’s patents, but Executive Director
Jim Zemlin adds that a critical review of Windows code would show
that it can be claimed to violate other vendors’ patents as
well.“‘If you use Windows, Solaris, [IBM’s] AIX or any similar
operating system, you have the same patent infringement risk as
using Linux. Microsoft should be careful of what it starts because
it doesn’t know where it will end,’ said Zemlin in an
interview…”